Supreme Court · 2017 INSC 175 · Decided 23 February 2017
Central Bureau of Investigation v. Sadhu Ram Singla & ORS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2017 INSC 175 · [2017] 1 S.C.R. 907
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 396/2017
- Decided
- 23 February 2017
- Bench
- PINAKI CHANDRA GHOSE, AMITAVA ROY (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- CrPC Section 320, 482; Constitution
Headnote
907 CENTRAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION v. SADHU RAM SINGLA & ORS. (Criminal Appeal No. 396of2017) FEBRUARY 23, 2017 [PINAKI CHANDRA GHOSE AND AMITAVA ROY, JJ.) Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 - ss. 320, 482 - Compounding of non-compou11dable offence - FIR and the consequential proceedings and the accused - Held: Encroaching into the right of the other organ of the government would tantamoullf clear violation of the rule of law which is one of the basic structure of the Constitution - Judicial restraint to be observed while quashing criminal cases alleging non-compoundable
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